Eye mounting for dolls



Jan. 13, 1931.

L. J. GRUBMAN EY E MOUNTING- FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. 7, 1927 IIVVVENTOR [mlfrail/Mia f A. ATTO EY I Patented Jan ls 1931 LE JQGRUBMAnoE BELLEmimngmw 301131 m is m r iwiltsf a Animation filed sebmary'f'ij em,fseriiits/Tweete This invention relates to eye mountings for dol-lspandhas-for itsprimary object -.to -provide'a mounting for oscillatoryeyes'ettings which is of exceedingly simple construetion and maybe veryeasily and qniekly attaehed' in positively fixed relationto the dollhea'cbwall to" properly supportthe oscillatory =eye members withrelatien "to v the respective-eye openings therein-with0nt' 3Uneeessitating the exercise of a high de i of skillon the partoftheW-orkinang 1 The present invention eoinprehencls eeij taxi-n liniprovements in 'snehf'eye mountings; seyeralv-exanipies of Whichnre(lISClOSGCiTlIL lily-pending-applieationfor patent filed'De- 1 cember 9,1926, Serial No, 153,485. lnvthese 7 prior disclosures; the supportingmembei v fol the eye' setting isprovided"Withimeans which automaticallybecomes imbedded in: the structure ofthegdoll head Wailnpon'impa-ntingnrelative IllOVGHlG'HtQtO mem-r bernndthe doll head in a lengthwisedirection tothereby permanently fixsaid sup-;

porting member in its applied position, Tl1e' invention forming'thefsubj ect matter f'of this application'in i'ts broader aspects inaybe distinguished fIODT'IHy former invention,in that in the present case,theattaching means; I carried by the supporting member is causedto:autolnaticallyimbed itself in'the Wall of:

the-doll head byajre'lati've 'roeking .m oyehemisphericiiieye members,Thus infth'is case as: 1n 7 my iformef 1nve'nt1on,; the. points jatjwhiohthe attaching vparts will engage:

' the'doil'head wall 'ai'e deiinitelyilooated by eontzictjzbetweenthewsurfaces of'theeyei L member-s end theffwalls ibfthe eye; sockets.

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ment'ybetween the'zidoll head endrtheasupai portinggmember gibontthe;centersaofltheblank-.from

.Yiththeebove other-objects in View, a the; i'nyentlon consists in; theimproved eye mountn'ig" for dolls, and in the form 'eon- .strnction"and- 'i'elative' arrangement; ofits I severalpartswas W111 be:hereinafter more fully described, illustratedin the; accompanyin-g"drawing, and subsequently -incoi-- o'mted inth'; subjoined elaims." IInthe drawings; vfvherein' I -have'i llns trete d 1 one" simp lejz ncipract'ieai embodi n ent; ofthemventmn, and iIi -Whih similar 1,chara'cters ,cies1gnate" corresponcii ng parts,

@hlgur e -tti-iQilgitlldinfti SGCifiiODELi yieW throughfthe-frontportion of a doll/heady showing-one form of the s p orting"meim v i 7bet for the ieyegsetting in it giatggc'hed r l tiOII-ut) the gheadWelland showing the-doll head in" dotted lines in its initial positionprior to the relative rockingf movernent-be= tween said heat and thesupporting member whereby the latter is-permenently attaehedz, t'otheWall of tlie dollheid; 1 iFigkQAis a Tea elevation. showing the mountingandeyejsetting arranged npon the I frontivallkof the-doll head; I

I Fig. a3 horizontalsectional, view taken? on the line of fFig, 1 1 A gv Fi"; use similar View showing the slipporting'member; priorto its 5attachment to; .th'eiyvalLStrneture,and. :l

F 2; 5' is aw pla'nfvfewof ithe sheet metal Yr which the supportingmember i f med' t f n r 'I-n the idrsiiWings51Lh seetion of ga doll{heed- 5, said head being; V molded in the;'nsnalitmanner from woos puip1-2 pnip-ie1"- -Inieh'z for! othefleompOsitioir material. 3 s The irontwallof the doll heacit above the-eye openings therein lis 'formed fwith an nte'rnais pgoyection or enlargement" 65.:and:saidienis'rgenientf is centrally; pro-1; ipideti with sver tioallylextending namel;

o1"- reeess 7; therein, said' channel being eon}:

tinned beIoW' saith enlargeinent enci "betweei 96 thespaeiedfeyeopeningshasindicated at??? At 'eachloiitheeyevopening's iILthB Q WEH of; Y th-"diOjillhaid theinner:snrfaeefdfthe v wail it -milledon socketsasrindicetefi V {t;:

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ye sho'win -thenfront 3 I The mounting, or supporting member for theoscillatory eye setting in the embodiment thereof selected for purposesof illustration is formed from the stamped sheet metalplane of said bodyportion 9. At longitudinally spaced points t'h is blank is cut 'or slitas shown at 12, said slits extending horizontally from points adjacentthe center of "the body plate 9 and into the side: portions 10to-provide the pairs of resilieiitlyyieldable tongues- 13 and 14respectively, it being noted from reference toFiga, 41 of ther drawmgs,that after the side portions 10 of the blank-are bent as stated toprovide the pars allel;:side flanges, the tongues-'14: in their normalpositions are disposed in. the plane ofthe body .part- ;9 ofsaid blankand the free ends thereof project beyond the outer;-si'de ;faces ftheparts l0. I f

-QEachof the'side parts 10 of theblank is further provided inonejVend-thereofiwith a rectangular-notch or recess 15 and intermediateof its ends/With a bayonet-slot .16..

, These notches l5 and s l0 t 16 are adaptedjto receive parts on asuitably formed supportingiarm (not. shown) whereby the mountingsmaybeheld in afixedposition during tlieslroperation of effecting the,attachment thereof totheiwall of the doll head as Will openingsmovingtowards the: eye mounting. As said Wall approaches the mounting, the,

beilater'j,describedli. v 1 Each side part 10. of the supporting mem-.her, is furtheriprovided in, one end thereof and in spaced relation tothebayonet slot 16,Witn'a horizontallyelongated opening 17 fortherpurposeof receiving the shaft or. axis of the eye setting. .At theopposite end or the supporting.;member,. the body" part 9 thereof iscentrally providedwith a longitudinally projecting spur 18 which isadapt-- ed to bebentinwardly to project at right between the two'sideparts: 1070f thesupportingmemberq s r g 3 1 After the blank has beenbent to the prop- -er;form 13S above, described and asillus'tratediniFigszl. and 4 of the drawings-the eye setting is then associatedtherewith. This eyeisettingginathe: form herein illustrated 7 consistsof ajshaft or axis 19 preferably of general rectangular form and uponeach end of: this shaft, the hemispherical eye; members 20aresnuglyfitted so-that they are heldagainst a relative 'rotatingmovement about the axisof said'rshaftr This shaft 19 is provided with;cylindrically' turned qportions indicated at21 which are engaged in therespective slots-17 of the supporting member for free turning "orrotative move-- ment, To the intermediate part of the Ila-shaft 19 theupper angularly bent end-of a angles to theplane of thebody part9 andresilient wire rod 22 is suitably fixed, said rodhaving an upperterminal portion indlcated at 23 projecting rearwardly from the shaft 19and which is adapted by contact The lower end of the resilient rod 22 isadapted to contact with the neck wall of the d'oll head as -sliown inFig. 1 to limit the rocking movement of the eye members to their openpositions. Upon said rod intermediate of its ends a weight 24 ofsuitable size and form is fixed? In the attachment of the eye mountingto the f-wa-ll of the doll; head, the mounting may be arrangedeither'ina vertical or in} a horizontal position upon a suitabletoolarm, and thesaid tool armwith the mounting thereon is then positionedthroughthe neck ofth'e doll head and the walls of theeyesockets. 8

are engaged upon the surfaces of the hemispherical eye members 20 Whilethe doll head is held withrela tion to the mountingin substantially theobliquely inclined position indicated,indottedlinesfin Fig. lot the drawings Preferably, the eyecsettingis so positioned on the mounting thatthe pupils-Ion the; surfaces ofv the eyeme nbers are visible through theopenings i'n the head walhwhile the head is held in this position, j Thehead is now bodily rocked upon the eye members,

the partqof the front wall abovefthe eye projecting ends ofthe, tongues13 and 14 are first-engaged by theside edges of the-channel' :or recess7 so that said tongues will be flexed or; sprung rearwardly out of theplane of the body part 9 of the supporting mem her; :The rockingmovementis continued;

until; the 'angularsspur 18 onthe upper end,

ofsthe supporting. member impales the head wall at the upper; endofuithe recess 7 The tongues 13' and Mowing to their tendency to returnto theirnormal positions will deeply biteattheir. free. ends into thestructure of theifheadwzill at the opposite "sides'sofb'the.

recessff. Since thesetongues'areprovided at verticallyspaced points ateach side of. the

mounting, it will be evident that said mounting'is thus securely. lockedin 'rigidlyfixed relation tothewall structure against any posslblhtyrofa rearward; or inwardtmovement relative.thereto,lwhile said tongues in.

conjunction. with the-angular spur, 18 also effectively secure saidmounting against any possibility of vertical or longitudinal movementlrelative to. the head wall, The side its) ' space-d1eye reoeivingieaVitiesdn its i ront all and said Wall being, internally formed ableparts cooperating With-:said sp ced surfaces as the plate is nioved-toits applied 7 position-Wherebysaid parts arefiexed' in- Wardly out ofthe plane 1 of said plate: and

therein to hex said parts out o'fwtheg plane? of said platean'd placegthe same under ten sio'n whereby said 'parts are *eaused to inter-"look v'vith the-"side Walls iof saidreeessfancl fixwthe plate-qtherein'iagainst displacenieiitf l elatiye toc the headvwallrzi Y 3. In'combination: with a dollhead having spabedeye I receiving cavities: inits front;

Wall and sa idrwal l' being internallyi formed:

, with spaced" surfaces extending in priede-w terininedaangul'arrelation to a common plane" lntersect ng' the eenters of saidoaV1t1es,a a member positioned between said spaced sure faces havingmeans?ion-retaining 'an oscib I 'latory :.eye settlng' in operativerelat on to 2' operation With 'sai'd' spa-eedsurfaces as "said lnemberis nlfeved:toits applied positionl be tween :s id, u faces"whereby saidparts are cansedto inter-look iyith the striicture'of the head wall andprevent displaeeinent' of said mel'nber' relatiye to saidspaoedsurfaces:5

4:; In combination with 'a'doll head having with spaced" surfa'cesextending in lpredetermined angular relation to i a enimdn planeintersecting the ioenters of 'said i cavities, plate haying means at oneend Fto retain :an ose'illatory eye setting in v operative relationto"said ea'vitiesg tlieotlier en'd of said :plate: extending between' said.spaced surfaces and havin g laterally proj eating; resilientlyyieldcaused to interlock ith the srt'rueture of the head" wall-whe'rebysaid plate: is: fixedly seoured'; againstdisplacement relati-yeto said:

surfaces. f5 In coinbination with 3 a doll head having spaced eyereceiving sockets in its front; Wall and *sp'acefd Vertically-.extending surfaces thereon" bet vveen; said :.soc'kets," asupportingmember having bearii'ig means ?at one of its? ends I for theaxis of air oseillatoiry; eye aset-w ting, the other end of saidsupporting'inm-c her-being positioned iabetween :s'aid spaced surfaceson the head all'and provided-with vme'a ns" embedded in thewall'strueture to an-i ehor said member in: fixed: i lat lQll' tO the:

Wall.

#6} Incombination with 'a'd'oll head having spaced e ye'receivingcavities in its" front wall-and an internal reeess' centrallyzforiiied V in said Wall above the eye receiving 'cayities, Valt-elongated supportin'g in'emberzhaviiigr bearing means at: one of itsends "ion the; I axis of alro'scil latoryeye isettingg jthe other:end-of'said member" extending into said recess'and heingrtpro' videdzwith-latenally pro-,. f

embedded inith Irma-513i ijeoting resiliently yieldable anchoringmeans"'eoppositelsi'de walls of said:

17; In combination iwith a? doll= head hav ing spacedeye'ireceiyingcavities in its :front- Walland ism-internal:yer-tieallyextending recess above-ithe" eye receiving e'cavitiesflamelongated? supporting; member of-cha-nnel shaped form in cro's'ssection, the side flanges; of said :lneniber -having'bea ring means :atone; of their endsrea the-"axis of: :a-n'oscillatory' eye wetting; saidmember; "extendingat its other end .into said irecess -in tsubstantially;

parallel relation s with the 3 front lwall of the doll: head and being'1)roi%iclecl-' wwith resili-w entl'y: I yieldable I anchoring :par'tsproj ecti'ng, laterally: beyond"v the side flanges ofwsaid spacedVertical member 1 and embedded in the surfaces of''saidt-reeess; 'ii q'8 In combination with a. den

head

parallel; relation-With the front Ewan of the dollfhead and beingprovided; with resiliently 'yieldable anchoring 'IPZLTtS p'roj ectinglaterally beyond the sidetflangeswof saicbm'em. her and; embeddedin. theispaced yerticali sure faces of said recess; and :an angular-1y: pro?ecting prong on the latter" endi of said1 menr- 1 ber impaled 1 in, thebase Wall of said reeess; -9. In combination with 2' a doll, head hay-fing-spaCed- Yeye' receiving cavities in, its front; Wall and an internal:vertical recess aboye said cavities,:-an oscillatoryieye settinghavaing: an axis a and spaced eye'i members: there-; on: engaged in said;cavities,- and a supporting a member for: the eye setting formed :froma3 one piece. sheet metal blank havingbearingmeans at one 0f; its endsfor: the axis; ofthe eye 1 setting and extending; in substantiallyparallel .relation to the front Wallof the dell head and intosaidrecess, said men1berbei1ig 10; In combination with aqdollheadhav-g ingspaced-eye receiving (cavities in its from; Wall and. an internal:vertical -rfeeessj 1 abovesaidtcavities;1an oscillatory eye? settinghay-1a ing, an axis 5 and ispaced eye members thereon engaged in. saidoavitijes, and: a": supportingmember fo1 5the eye setting formed from aone j piece. zsheetf metalrblank having bearing means-vat one of itsends for the axis nit-he eye setting and extending: :in =:-substa-ntially parallel relation; to .thefront-iwalll ofsthe doll head and!into said recess, said member I having longitudinally spaced=.=;resi1iently 7 ing an axis and spacedeye members thereon H doll headand into said recess, said member 7 yiedable parts embedded in theopposite sidewalls of said recess, and-the other end of said memberhaving an integrally formed, angularly projecting preng embedded in thee Iyieldable parts embedded in side walls cf said recess.

bppesite 11; In combination with a doll headihav-i f I a ing spaced eyereceiving cavities in its' 'front wall and an internal vertical recessabove said cavities, anoscillatory eye'setting havenga'ged in saidcavities, andga supporting member for the eye isettingf formed from aone piece sheet metal blank having bearing means at one of its ends 1301the axis of the eye'setting and extending in substantially parallelrelation to the -fr'ont wall of the having longitudinally spacedresiliently base Wall of said recess.

Intestim0ny that "I claim the 'fcreg0ing V as my invention I have signedmy name I hereto.

LEO J. GBUBMAN.

